BORDER SAFEGUARD LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC069992 · ltd · incorporated 1979-11-20
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£731.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -35% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 43.0y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 43.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £731,247
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,621 YoY
Cash YoY
-35%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£297k
↓ 35% YoY
Net Worth
£731k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£570k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £788.0k | £802.3k |
| Current assets | £570.4k | £578.4k |
| Cash | £296.7k | £457.0k |
| Debtors | £252.3k | £103.8k |
| Net assets | £731.2k | £743.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-06📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2019-08-06📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-08-01➕SKELDON, Kirsty Louise appointedsecretary
- 2019-08-01➖ALLAN, Thomas Eric resignedsecretary
- 2018-12-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-11-21📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-11-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2007-06-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-08-01➕WHEELANS, Alan David appointeddirector
- 1983-04-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1979-11-20🏢Company incorporatedAs BORDER SAFEGUARD LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Cockburn Wheelans Individual · British · DOB 05/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1979-11-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities
Registered office
The Engine House Ettrick Riverside
Dunsdale Road
Selkirk
Selkirkshire
TD7 5EB
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
SKELDON, Kirsty Louise→
Activesecretary · appointed 2019-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHEELANS, Alan David→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2005-08-01
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Active
Active
ALLAN, Thomas Eric→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2019-08-01
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 01/06/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 20/04/1983 | — |
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Recent filings (103 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-07